Sálmarnir 68:12

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12 (68:13) "Konungar hersveitanna flýja, þeir flýja, en hún sem heima situr skiptir herfangi.

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Kings: Exodus 14:25, Numbers 31:8, Numbers 31:9, Numbers 31:54, Joshua 10:16, Joshua 10:42, Joshua 12:7, Joshua 12:8-24, Judges 5:19, Revelation 6:15, Revelation 19:17-20

did flee: she, Numbers 31:27, 1 Samuel 30:24

did flee apace: Heb. did flee

Reciprocal: Genesis 14:14 - armed Deuteronomy 20:14 - the women Joshua 22:8 - divide 2 Samuel 1:24 - General 2 Samuel 23:10 - and the people 2 Kings 7:7 - they arose 2 Kings 7:16 - spoiled the tents 2 Chronicles 14:14 - exceeding 2 Chronicles 20:25 - they found Psalms 76:12 - He shall Isaiah 33:23 - the lame

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Kings of armies did flee apace,.... Or "they fled, they fled" y; or "they flee, they flee". This is either the subject matter of the word "published", the words of the publishers so saying; or the effect of the publication of the Gospel: for though some, by these kings of armies, understand the apostles either fleeing from place to place because of persecution, or running to and fro, as they interpret the words, to spread the Gospel; yet they rather intend the enemies of the Gospel, and the chief of them that opposed themselves to it; namely, Roman emperors and kings, and who fled before it; particularly at the time of the downfall of Paganism, when they fled to the mountains and hills, and called upon them to hide them from Christ, Revelation 6:15;

and she that tarried at home divided the spoil; the church, compared to a woman that keeps at home, Titus 2:5, who shared in the spoils token out of the hands of Satan, and from among the Gentiles, even converted souls, brought unto her. What is promised to Christ, Isaiah 53:12; is said of the church; she being made more than a conqueror through him, and sharing in all his victories and spoils. It denotes the certain and easy success of the Gospel ministry, attended with a divine power, and the advantages thereof to the church of Christ; this was particularly true of the church in the times of Constantine.

y ידדון ידדון "fugiebant, fugiebant", Pagninus, Montanus; "fugerunt, fugerunt", Tigurine version, Musculus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Kings of armies did flee apace - Margin, as in Hebrew, did flee, did flee. This is the Hebrew mode of expressing that which is emphatic or superlative. It is by simply repeating the word. The idea is, that they fled speedily; they fled at once, and in alarm. Psalms 68:12-13 are marked by DeWette as a quotation, and the language is supposed by him to be the substance of the song that was sung by the women as referred to in Psalms 68:11. This supposition is not improbable. The reference is, undoubtedly, to the former victories achieved by the people of God when they went out to war; and the idea is, that when the command came, when God gave the word Psalms 68:11, their foes fled in consternation.

And she that tarried at home divided the spoil - The women remaining in their homes, while the men went out to war. On them devolved the office of dividing the plunder, and of giving the proper portions to each of the victors. They would take an interest in the battle, and receive the booty, and assign the portion due to each of the brave soldiers - the more acceptable as given to them by female hands. Possibly, however, the meaning may be, that the victors would bring the plunder home, and lay it at the feet of their wives and daughters to be divided among the women themselves. The dividing of the spoils of battle after a victory was always an important act. Compare Judges 5:30; Jos 7:21; 1 Chronicles 26:27; Hebrews 7:4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 68:12. Kings of armies did flee — Jabin and the kings of the Canaanites, who united their forces to overwhelm the Israelites.

And she — Deborah the prophetess, a woman accustomed to tarry at home, and take care of the family; she divided the spoils, and vanquished their kings.